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{{Act of Villainy|image = IDF-D9-demolishes-terrorist-structure-01.jpg|perpetrator = IDF
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[[Ariel Sharon]]<br>
[Ariel Sharon]]<br>
[[Benjamin Netanyahu]]|date = 1967-present|location = West Bank<br>Gaza Strip|motive = Desire to build settlements<br>Anti-Arabism<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>|crimes = House demolition<br>Collective punishment<br>War crimes<br>[[Vandalism]]}}
[[Benjamin Netanyahu]]|date = 1967-present|location = West Bank<br>Gaza Strip|motive = Desire to build settlements<br>Anti-Arabism<br>[[Islamophobia]]<br>|crimes = House demolition<br>Collective punishment<br>War crimes<br>Vandalism}}
<p id="firstHeading" lang="en">'''House demolition in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict''' has occurred on many occasions, dating back to 1967 in the aftermath of the [[Six-Day War]]. The Israeli Defense Forces has demolished residentially-zoned buildings within Palestine in what they claim to be acts of counterterrorism, but many beg to differ and instead have concluded that the true purpose is to expand settlements considered illegal internationally, to terrorize Palestinians, or both.</p> The Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions estimated that Israel had razed 49,532 Palestinian structures as of 2019.
<p id="firstHeading" lang="en">'''House demolition in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict''' has occurred on many occasions, dating back to 1967. The Israeli Defense Forces has demolished residentially-zoned buildings within Palestine in what they claim to be acts of counterterrorism, but many beg to differ and instead have concluded that the true purpose is to expand settlements considered illegal internationally, to terrorize Palestinians, or both.</p>


Demolitions are carried out by the Israeli Army Combat Engineering Corps using armored bulldozers, usually Caterpillar D9, but also with excavators (for high multi-story buildings) and wheel loaders (for small houses with low risk) modified by the IDF. The heavily armored IDF Caterpillar D9 is often used when there is a risk demolishing the building (such as when armed insurgents are barricaded inside or the structure is rigged with explosive and booby traps). Multi-story buildings, flats, and explosive labs are demolished by explosive devices, set by IDF demolition experts of Yaalom's Sayeret Yael. Amnesty International has also described house demolitions that were carried out by the IDF using "powerful explosive charges"
<p lang="en">The act has been condemned internationally and is widely considered to be [[collective punishment]]. Peace plans have proposed the ending of the practice.</p>
 
<p lang="en">The act has been condemned internationally and is widely considered to be [[collective punishment]], and thus is considered a [[war crime]] under international law. Peace plans have proposed the ending of the practice.</p>


<p lang="en">It most commonly occurs in the West Bank due to the disengagement agreement from Gaza.</p>
<p lang="en">It most commonly occurs in the West Bank due to the disengagement agreement from Gaza.</p>
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